Gravatar Enhanced – Avatars, Profiles, and Privacy

Elevate your WordPress site with Gravatar Enhanced – the plugin that simplifies digital identity and improves user engagement.

Seven Ways Gravatar Enhanced Improves WordPress:

✓ Privacy Protection – Automatic referrer blocking and optional IP address proxy
✓ Accessibility Improvements – Alt-text for all avatars to support screen readers
✓ One-Click Profile Updates – Edit Gravatar directly from the WordPress dashboard
✓ Versatile Profile Block & Patterns – Showcase authors and team members anywhere
✓ Comment Engagement Tools – Remind users to create avatars for better discussions
✓ Comment Form Integration – Show Gravatar directly in the comment form
✓ WooCommerce Integration – Personalized account pages for customers

Privacy Protection

Just by enabling the plugin, the plugin ensures that no referrer information is sent to Gravatar. The opt-in proxy service also keeps IP addresses from being exposed or logged.

Accessibility Improvements

All avatars now include alt-text, enhancing the experience for users with screen readers. Alt-text can be edited in the Gravatar Profile editor.

One-Click Profile Updates

Visit Users > Your Profile to edit your Gravatar profile directly from WordPress. Preview your hovercard and make updates with ease.

Gravatar Profile Block & Patterns

Enhance your website with our custom Gravatar profile block and patterns. Seamlessly integrate Gravatar profiles into posts, pages, or biographies to elegantly showcase team members, guest contributors, speakers, event attendees, authors, and more.

Comment Engagement Tools

Automatically remind commenters without avatars to create a Gravatar, increasing visual engagement on your blog.

Comment Form Integration

When the plugin is enabled we will show a Gravatar profile directly in the comment form, and allow the profile to be updated, so users can feel confident their details are correct, and the site shows richer comments.

WooCommerce Integration

Enhance your WooCommerce store by displaying user Gravatar avatars on the My Account page. Customers can view and update their avatars directly from their account dashboard, improving personalization and user engagement.

• Seamless Integration: Automatically works if WooCommerce is installed and activated.
• Direct Avatar Management: Users can change their Gravatar avatars without leaving your site.
• Improved Personalization: Adds a personal touch to the shopping experience, fostering customer loyalty.

Automatic Installation

1. Click ‘Add New Plugin’ from your WordPress plugins page and search for ‘Gravatar Enhanced’
2. Press the ‘Install Now’ button
3. Activate the plugin
4. Go to the “Discussion” Settings page to enable the new features.

Manual Installation

1. Download the plugin from https://wordpress.org/plugins/gravatar-enhanced/
2. Upload and extract the plugin to your /wp-content/plugins/ directory
3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
4. Go to the “Discussion” Settings page to enable the new features.

No installation instructions provided.

Q: Will this plugin impact site performance?
No, the plugin is optimized for efficiency and shouldn’t affect your site’s speed.

Q: Is a Gravatar account required?
The plugin doesn’t require API keys or for you to have a Gravatar account.

Q: Does Gravatar track users?
A: IP addresses and site visits are not part of Gravatar profiles. To enhance privacy, we retain only 10% of web and API logs, which are then deleted after around 30 days. More on our privacy pledge and practices can be found here.

Q: Does the Gravatar Enhanced plugin work with WordPress multisite?
A: Yes, the plugin is fully compatible with multisite networks.

Q: How will this plugin affect existing avatars?
A: Existing avatars will gain alt-text and privacy features without visual changes.

Q: Will the Profile Block work with my theme?
A: The block is designed to work with all WordPress themes that support the block editor.

Q: How does the commenter email feature work?
A: It sends a single, polite email to commenters without Gravatars, inviting them to create one. You can customize the content of the email or disable this feature, too.